This tour is for travelers who want to peel back the layers of Prague, pint by pint, bite by bite. It’s for lovers of good beer, good stories, and a good laugh — and for anyone who knows that the best way to understand a city is from a barstool.
BOHEMIA MEETS BAVARIA IN PRAGUE’s MAIN BEER TEMPLE.
Join me on a 3 hrs pub walk through the Old and New Town, with stops at four pubs and a traditional delicatessen, before finishing at Prague’s first and most prominent beer geek temple for a unique experience: Tapping Bavarian lagers directly from the keg.
We meet at 4.15 pm at the official meeting point of Prague Tourism, at the lower end of Wenceslas sq to start the tour at 4.30. Please wear comfortable shoes as we’ll walk mostly on cobble stones.
The price pp is €37 or Czk950.
Includes: live guide in English (other languages for private tours). 2 pints, shared tastings of bar snacks, one sandwich (chlebíček), transportation ticket, many recommendations.
Participants: Maximum eight
Duration: 3hrs more or less
Distance: 2 km (walking), 4 km (tram)
Beer types: lagers (light and dark), one stout, Bavarian Keller Bier
Districts: Old and New Town, Nusle
Start: Blind testing extremes
We kick things off boldly: with a head-to-head tasting of what might be the worst and best mainstream lagers in Czechia. Blind tasting optional — bragging rights inevitable.
Walk, sip, and nosh
We set off through Prague’s New and Old Town, weaving through gardens, art nouveau arcades, and back alleys from pint to pint, sharing a few bites here and there. Then catch a tram for the Gran Finale.
Finish and Highlight
Tapping beer directly from the keg is not a common practice today. At the weekly Prague meetings of the “Czech Club of Beer Friends” (SPP), this tradition is kept alive, with rare brews from neighbouring Bavaria.
Tour description
Forget what you think a beer tour is — this is a deep dive into the frothy heart of Czech pub culture, where history, humor, and hops come together in all the right ways. We kick things off boldly: with a head-to-head tasting of what might be the worst and best mainstream lagers in the Czech Republic. Blind tasting optional — bragging rights inevitable. From there, we set off through Prague’s New Town and Old Town, weaving through hidden gardens, art nouveau arcades, and back passages known mostly to locals.
Along the way, you’ll sip perfectly poured Czech lagers, light and dark, learning the fine art of the Bohemian pour — that signature frothy cap that keeps your pint crisp, satisfying, and free from belly-bloating fizz.
And we eat. Oh rather, we nosh. Expect a guided tasting of classic Czech pub snacks:
- pickled sausages swimming in tangy vinegar,
- rich marinated camembert-style cheese (Hermelín),
- creamy, beer-whipped romadur (aka “beer cheese” — a punchy favorite),
- marinated herring,
- and those decadent open-faced sandwiches (chlebíčky) locals devour, with or without a pint in hand.
Along the way, we’ll raise a glass in one of the oldest pubs in the city, just steps from where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni — and later, settle into a tiny, timeworn pub rescued by its regulars when closure threatened its soul. It’s one of the last true Prague beer dens: simple food, honest beer, and not a tour group in sight — despite sitting right on the tourist trail.
On Mondays, the tour finishes at the weekly reunion of the Prague SPP (“Czech association of the friends of beer”), which is a private event and not open to the public. Your tour guide is a member of the club and entitled to bring guests upon previous reservation. The beers poured here, Bavarian lagers from small producers in Upper Franconia (Bamberg/Bayreuth regio) are not on sale at the bar, but reserved for the club meetings. Once the barrel is empty, there is another two dozens of beers, incl craft ales, stouts and sours, on tap. For the ones who are hungry, this is an excellent option for a dinner.
